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Agricultural  Experiment  Station 


BULLETIN  No.  292 


SOYBEAN  HAY  AND  SWEET-CLOVER 
PASTURE  FOR  GROWING  PUREBRED 
DRAFT  FILLIES      - 

BY  J.  L.  EDMONDS  AND  C.  W.  CRAWFORD 


Illini  Lou  185332,  one  of  the  fillies  in  the  experiment. 
This  filly  weighed  1,580  pounds  the  spring  she  was  two  years 
old,  just  a  few  days  before  the  picture  was  taken. 


URBANA,  ILLINOIS,  JUNE,  1927 


SUMMARY 

The  results  of  this  experiment  indicate  that  soybean 
hay  when  properly  supplemented  is  a  satisfactory  roughage 
for  growing  draft  fillies.  In  fact,  a  comparison  with 
previous  experiments  indicates  that  it  is  equal  to  alfalfa  for 
this  purpose.  By  combining  sweet-clover  pasture  with  blue- 
grass,  the  fillies  had  the  advantage  of  a  longer  pasture  sea- 
son. The  sheaf  oats,  which  were  fed  continuously,  served  as 
a  balance  at  all  times.  They  prevented  too  great  a 
consumption  of  bean  hay  in  winter  and  furnished  the  dry 
roughage  which  the  fillies  seemed  to  crave  while  on  sweet- 
clover  pasture.  The  gains  made  on  pasture  during  the  sum- 
mer were  slightly  higher  than  those  made  the  first  winter 
and  considerably  higher  than  during  the  second  winter. 

As  weanlings  the  fillies  ate  approximately  8  pounds 
each  of  sheaf  oats  and  soybean  hay  and  2.3  pounds  of  grain 
a  head  daily.  The  second  winter  their  daily  consumption 
was  over  9  pounds  each  of  sheaf  oats  and  soybean  hay  and 
3.41  pounds  of  grain.  These  amounts  produced  good  gains 
in  height  and  frame  and  kept  the  fillies  in  thrifty  condition. 
At  no  time  was  there  a  filly  off  feed. 

While  it  is  difficult  to  say  just  what  effect  was  produced 
by  the  small  amount  of  bone  meal  which  was  fed  daily,  it 
seemed  to  be  beneficial.  The  feet  on  these  fillies  were  excep- 
tional in  size  and  toughness. 

At  the  end  of  the  experiment  the  fillies,  in  medium  con- 
dition and  four  of  them  not  yet  two  years  old,  averaged 
1,484  pounds  and  stood  15  hands  3.4  inches  in  height. 

Good  results  in  growing  young  draft  fillies  may  be  ob- 
tained by  moderate,  regular  feeding  of  sheaf  oats  and  a  le- 
gume hay  supplemented  with  a  very  light  feed  of  crushed 
oats,  bran,  and  bone  meal,  judging  from  the  results  of  this 
test.  Furthermore  the  value  of  using  sweet-clover  pasture 
along  with  permanent  blue-grass  pasture  seems  to  be  dem- 
onstrated. 

At  present  prices  for  the  feeds  used,  growth  was 
cheaply  made. 


SOYBEAN  HAY  AND  SWEET-CLOVER 

PASTURE  FOR  GROWING  PUREBRED 

DRAFT  FILLIES 

By  J.  L.  EDMONDS,  Chief  in  Horse  Husbandry,  and  C.  W.  CRAWFORD, 
Associate  in  Animal  Husbandry 

Farm  practices  in  Illinois  have  changed  considerably  in  the  last 
decade.  Among  these  changes  has  been  a  large  increase  in  the  acreage 
of  soybeans  and  sweet  clover.  In  1924,  the  year  this  experiment  started, 
there  were  747,000  acres  of  soybeans  and  240,000  acres  sown  to  sweet 
clover  in  this  state.  These  crops  yield  a  large  amount  of  roughage 
which  as  yet  meets  with  little  demand  on  the  market  and  which  must 
be  fed  on  the  farm  where  it  is  grown  if  its  greatest  value  is  to  be  re- 
alized. 

With  this  increasing  amount  of  roughage  to  be  consumed  on  the 
farm  and  plenty  of  cheap  grain,  good  horses  will  continue  to  be  an 
efficient  and  cheap  source  of  farm  power.  If  desirable  draft  horses  are 
to  be  produced  economically,  they  must  be  well  grown  on  these  farm 
feeds  fed  in  suitable  amounts  and  properly  supplemented.  This  ex- 
periment is  the  fifth  of  a  series  planned  to  test  out  different  home- 
grown feeds,  the  production  of  which  fits  in  with  the  best  methods  of 
farming  in  Illinois.  To  date  seven  lots,  including  62  fillies,  have  been 
fed.  The  results  of  all  these  tests  are  summarized  in  Table  7  on  the 
last  page  of  this  bulletin. 

In  the  previous  experiments  alfalfa  hay  was  used  for  the  rough- 
age. In  the  present  experiment  soybean  hay  was  substituted  for  al- 
falfa and  sweet-clover  pasture  was  used  to  supplement  blue-grass.  In 
order  to  make  a  well-balanced  and  safe  ration,  sheaf  oats  were  used  in 
combination  with  these  legumes.  Altho  this  feed  is  produced  on  nearly 
all  Illinois  farms  and  at  one  time  was  used  in  some  sections  as  a  horse 
feed,  it  rarely  is  fed  at  present  in  the  unthreshed  state.  A  wide  use  of 
sheaf  oats  would  have  cut  feed  bills  generally  in  1926.  Rainy  weather 
prevented  threshing,  the  oat  shocks  were  badly  damaged  by  rain,  and 
when  finally  threshed  yielded  a  very  poor  quality  of  straw  and  oats. 
Consequently  many  farmers  bought  oat  straw  at  $15  a  ton  or  more 
from  a  few  of  their  neighbors  who  were  lucky  enough  to  have  threshed 
before  the  rains.  The  few  who  had  stored  sheaf  oats  had  good,  sound 
feed  instead  of  the  poor  quality  which  was  generally  used. 

Some  thought  has  always  been  given  to  feeding  horses  a  properly 
balanced  grain  ration.  Not  so  much  can  be  said,  however,  of  the  at- 
tention paid  to  making  the  legume  hay  rations  for  farm  horses  more 
effective,  safer,  and  cheaper  by  feeding  sheaf  oats  or  oat  straw  along 

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with  the  legume  hay.   Such  use  adds  to  the  value  of  the  oats  crop  and 
makes  the  nutritious  legume  hay  go  further. 

Ten  Percheron  weanling  fillies  were  used  in  this  trial.  Five  of 
them  were  bred  at  the  University  and  five  were  purchased  from  Illinois 
breeders.  The  experiment  started  December  15,  1924,  and  ended  May 
3,  1926,  extending  over  a  total  of  504  days. 

WINTER  RATION  PRINCIPALLY  SHEAF  OATS  AND 
SOYBEAN  HAY 

The  winter  ration  consisted  of  equal  parts  of  sheaf  oats1  and  soy- 
bean2 hay  and  in  addition  a  very  light  feed  of  grain  was  offered  once 
daily.  This  consisted  of  80  percent  crushed  oats  and  20  percent  wheat 
bran.  A  small  amount  of  deodorized  steamed  bone  meal  was  mixed 
with  the  grain.  The  fillies  were  started  on  2  pounds  of  grain  and  2 
ounces  of  bone  meal  a  head  daily.  This  was  gradually  increased  until 
the  end  of  the  experiment,  when  they  were  eating  daily  3.6  pounds  of 
grain  and  2.4  ounces  of  bone  meal.  The  daily  consumption  of  grain  in 
addition  to  that  in  the  sheaf  oats  was  held  down  to  approximately  % 
pound  per  hundredweight  thruout  the  test.  The  good  gains  secured  on 
pasture  were  doubtless  due  in  part  to  the  small  amount  of  grain  fed 
during  the  previous  winter.  Somewhat  less  than  a  pound  of  each  of 
the  roughages  was  eaten  per  hundredweight  daily.  Both  the  grain  and 
the  roughage,  were  fed  in  mangers  built  along  the  sides  of  roomy  box 
stalls. 

A  cover  made  of  rough  oak  slats  and  patterned  after  an  ordinary 
ladder  was  placed  on  top  of  the  roughage  in  the  mangers.  The  "lad- 
der" settled  with  the  hay  or  sheaf  oats  and  kept  them  spread  out 
evenly.  This  gave  each  filly  an  equal  chance  at  the  feed  and  made  it 
impossible  for  any  portion  to  be  thrown  out  of  the  manger  and  wasted. 
Legs  of  %-inch  pipe  about  4  inches  long,  bolted  to  the  underside  of  the 
"ladder,"  kept  it  off  the  bottom  of  the  manger  so  that  the  fillies  had 
no  trouble  in  cleaning  up  everything.  The  feeding  was  done  in  such  a 
way  that  the  manger  was  usually  empty  by  the  next  feeding  time.  Salt 
and  water  were  before  the  fillies  at  all  times.  Wheat  straw  was  used 
for  bedding. 

SWEET  CLOVER  USED  FOR  SUMMER  PASTURE 

In  summer  from  June  28  to  August  24,  the  fillies  ran  on  four  acres 
of  sweet-clover  pasture  and  were  fed  sheaf  oats  once  daily.  Fillies  run- 
ning on  succulent  sweet  clover  seem  to  crave  some  dry  carbonaceous 

'"Early  oats  which  ran  about  half  straw  and  half  grain  were  used. 
2The  varieties  sown  were  Manchu  and  Ebony,  half  and  half.   However,  in 
the  cured  hay  there  were  very  few  Ebony  beans. 


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ILLINI  CLEO  185333 


ILLINI  ALICE  185331 


FEEDING  PUREBRED  DRAFT  FILLIES 


491 


IRENE  184780 


SYBIL  185223 


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roughage  and  it  was  found  that  the  straw  in  sheaf  oats  "filled  the  bill." 
The  light  feed  of  grain  was  continued  also  in  order  to  insure  the  con- 
sumption of  the  bone  meal.  The  sweet-clover  pasture  was  a  fresh 
seeding  and  on  account  of  a  very  backward  spring  was  quite  slow  in 
getting  started. 

From  May  4  to  June  23  the  fillies  were  on  blue-grass  pasture. 
From  June  23  to  June  28  they  were  on  blue-grass  and  sweet  clover 
which  contained  a  sprinkling  of  alfalfa  plants.  They  were  returned  to 
the  blue-grass  on  August  24,  and  ran  there  until  December  21.  The 
blue-grass  pasture  consisted  of  eight  acres. 

AMOUNTS  OF  FEED  CONSUMED 

During  the  first  winter  the  weanling  fillies  ate  an  average  of  8.05 
pounds  of  sheaf  oats,  8.29  pounds  of  soybean  hay,  and  2.3  pounds  of 
grain  a  head  daily.  While  on  pasture  they  consumed  an  average  of 
2.91  pounds  of  grain  and  11.97  pounds  of  sheaf  oats  daily.  The  second 
winter  their  daily  average  was  9.44  pounds  of  sheaf  oats,  9.27  pounds 
of  soybean  hay,  and  3.41  pounds  of  grain. 

The  detailed  data  concerning  jthe  feeds  consumed  aside  from  pas- 
ture are  given  in  Table  1.   The  total  amounts  eaten  by  the  ten  fillies 
were  as  follows: 
4? 

First  winter        Summer            Second  Total 

140  days  161  days            winter  504  days 
203  days 

Oats 80.7bu.  117. 0  bu.        173. 0  bu.  370. 7  bu. 

Bran 645.5lbs.  935.61bs.      1384. 2  Ibs.  2965. 3  Ibs. 

Sheaf  oats 5 .64  tons         9 .63  tons         9 .58  tons  24 .85  tons 

Soybean  hay 5.81  tons  9. 40  tons  15.21  tons 

Bone  meal 197. 5  Ibs.  241. 5  Ibs.        304. 5  Ibs.  743. 5  Ibs. 

All  roughage  not  eaten  was  weighed  back  and  the  amount  de- 
ducted from  the  amount  fed.  The  refuse  contained  a  considerable  pro- 
portion of  stems  of  coarse  weeds.  More  was  refused  the  first  winter 
than  the  second,  showing  that  weanlings  should  not  be  asked  to  con- 
sume too  much  coarse  roughage.  It  is  probable  that  more  grain  and 
less  roughage  the  first  winter  would  have  been  somewhat  more  satis- 
factory. 

During  the  first  winter  the  fillies  left  3.5  percent  of  the  sheaf  oats 
and  3.7  percent  of  the  soybean  hay.  During  the  summer  they  left  2 
percent  of  the  sheaf  oats.  During  the  second  winter  they  refused  .4 
percent  of  the  sheaf  oats  and  2.6  percent  of  the  bean  hay. 

For  the  entire  period  the  amounts  weighed  back  represented  1.7 
percent  of  the  sheaf  oats  and  3  percent  of  the  soybean  hay.  The  close- 
ness with  which  the  fillies  ate  the  coarser  parts  of  their  soybean  hay 
was  surprising.  The  coarse  stems  were  more  palatable  than  one  would 
have  supposed  from  examining  them. 


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TABLE  2. — AGES,  HEIGHTS,  AND  WEIGHTS  OF  FILLIES  AT  BEGINNING  AND 

END  OF  TEST 


Name 

Age 
Dec.  15, 
1924 

'  -         Height 

Weight 
Dec.  15, 
1924 

Gain 

Final 
weight 

Dec.  15, 
1924 

May  3, 
1926 

Dec.  14, 
1925 

May  3, 
1926 

1.  Marie  

days 
217 
267 
232 
280 
233 
265 
251 
220 
198 
191 

hands  in. 
13     3% 
14     1 
14    0 
14     VA 

14    y* 

14    2 
14    0 
14       % 
13    VA 
13       % 

hands  in. 
15     3J4 
16       K 
15    3 
16    0 
16    0 
16       % 
15    3^ 
15    31A 
15    2M 
15     11A 

/6s. 
825 
850 
785 
910 
890 
990 
875 
845 
705 
610 

Ibs. 
560 
530 
610 
465 
585 
450 
575 
515 
525 
oof) 

Ibs. 
645 
660 
725 
640 
700 
545 
705 
630 
635 
670 

H*. 

1470 
1510 
1510 
1550 
1590 
1535 
1580 
1475 
1340 
1280 

2.  Sybil  

3    Fashion  

4.  Illini  Alice  .... 
5.  Illini  Cleo  

6.  Irene  

7.  Illini  Lou  

8    Fanny  

9.  Illini  Averne  .  . 
10.  Illini  Alma...  . 

Average  of  10  head 

235.4 

14      #o 

15     3% 

828.5 

537 

655.5 

1484 

Illini  Alice,  Illini  Cleo,  Illini  Lou,  Illini  Averne,  and  Illini  Alma  were  bred  by 
the  University;  Marie  and  Irene  by  E.  L.  Krepps,  Farmer  City;  Sybil  by  J.  H. 
Serven  &  Son,  Prairie  City;  Fashion  by  Wm.  Freitag,  Minier;  and  Fanny,  by  Wm.  J. 
Vint  &  Son,  Kinsman. 

TABLE  3. — AVERAGE  WEIGHTS,  HEIGHTS,  AND  GAINS  OF  THE  FILLIES  BY 
TWENTY-EIGHT  DAY  PERIODS 


Period:  28  days 

Average 
weight1  during 
period 

Average 
daily  gain 
in  weight 

Average 
gain  in 
height  during 
period 

Dec:  15,  1924-Initial  weight  and 
height  

Ibs. 

(828.5) 

/6s. 

inches 
(56.05) 

Dec.  15,  1924-  Jan.  11,  1925  

853 

2.18 

.78 

Jan.    12-Feb.    8 

895 

.68 

.65 

Feb.    9-Mar.    8  

922 

1.50 

.78 

Mar.   9-Apr.     5  

965 

1.43 

.45 

Apr.    6-May    3  

1  007 

1.50 

May    4—  May  31  

1  056 

3.02 

1.15 

June    1—  June  28     ...              ... 

1  126 

.30 

.55 

June  29-July  26  

1  150 

2.43 

-.85 

July  27-  Aug.  23  

1  208 

.64 

1.18 

Aug:  24-Sept.  20  

1  237 

1.36 

.80 

Sept.  21-Oct.  18  

1  264 

1.70 

.35 

Oct.  19-Nov.  15  

1  320 

1.52 

.55 

Nov.  16-Dec.  13  

1  347 

.93 

-1.15 

Dec.  14-Jan.   10,  1926  

1  370 

.41 

1.38 

Jan.  11-Feb.     7  

1  377 

.27 

.05 

Feb.    8-Mar.    7  

1  398 

1.25 

.08 

Mar.   8-Apr.     4  

1  429 

1.02 

.52 

Apr.    5—  May    2     

1  461 

1.29 

.10 

May   3,    1926-Final  weight   and 
height  

1  484 

63.40 

Average  weight  for  total  time:  Dec. 
15,  1924-May  2,  1926,  504  days. 

1  188 

1.30 

7.35 

'Calculated  from  weekly  weights.  2This  recorded  loss  of  over  an  inch, 
coupled  with  the  gain  shown  for  the  next  28  days,  is  probably  due  to  the  trim- 
ming of  the  feet  of  the  fillies  and  to  differences  in  the  taking  of  the  measure- 
ments. 


19371  FEEDING  PUREBRED  DRAFT  FILLIES 


FILLIES  MADE  GOOD  DEVELOPMENT 


495 


The  development  made  by  these  fillies  was  very  satisfactory.  The 
purpose  in  feeding  was  not  to  make  maximum  gains  but  to  grow  the 
fillies  out  well,  keeping  them  sound  in  their  joints  if  possible  and  in 
thrifty  growing  condition.  They  made  a  good  growth  and  have  con- 
tinued to  develop  well  since  the  close  of  the  experiment.  Several  of 
them  should  mature  into  ton  mares.  A  good  idea  of  the  kind  of  growth 
made  can  be  obtained  from  the  accompanying  pictures,  which  were 
taken  soon  after  the  experiment  ended.  The  weights  and  heights  taken 
at  various  intervals  are  given  in  Tables  2  and  3. 

The  fillies  did  especially  well  on  pasture.  By  combining  sweet 
clover  and  blue-grass,  the  length  of  the  pasture  season  was  consider- 
ably increased.  The  amount  of  development  which  fillies  make  on 
pasture  depends  to  some  extent  on  the  way  they  are  fed  the  previous 
winter.  If  they  are  kept  growing  on  moderate  rations,  their  develop- 
ment will  be  much  greater  the  following  summer,  than  if  they  are 
wintered  in  high  condition.  On  account  of  the  amount  of  exercise  taken 
on  pasture,  by  no  means  all  of  this  development  is  evident  on  weigh 
days,  but  this  exercise  is  as  necessary  for  maintaining  soundness  as 
feed  is  for  growth. 

The  feeding  of  bone  meal  appeared  to  be  beneficial.  With  one  ex- 
r  ception,  the  fillies  grew  plenty  of  bone  and  their  feet  were  large  and 


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tough.   There  was  no  difficulty  in  getting  them  to  eat  the  deodorized 
feeding  bone  meal  when  it  was  mixed  with  crushed  oats  and  bran. 


TABLE  4. — WEIGHTS  AND  HEIGHTS  OF  THE  FILLIES  AT  ONE  AND  Two  YEARS  OF  AGE 


Name 

Weight 
at 
1  year 

Weight 
at 
2  years 

Gain  in 
weight 
during 
2d  year 

Height 
at 
1  year 

Height 
at 
2  years 

Gain  in 
height 
during 
2d  year 

1.  Marie  

Ibs. 
1  070 

Ibs. 
1  490 

Ibs. 
420 

hands  in. 
14     3Vi 

hands  in. 
15     31A 

in. 
±1A 

2.  Sybil     

985 

1  440 

455 

14    3% 

16       Vi 

4% 

3.  Fashion  

975 

1  490 

515 

14    21A 

16       Y± 

5% 

4.  Illini  Alice  

1  025 

1  465 

440 

14    3M 

15     3J^ 

3M 

5.  Illini  Cleo  

1  130 

1  610 

480 

14     3^| 

16     0 

Wi 

6.  Irene  

1  110 

1  480 

370 

15       % 

16    1 

4^ 

7.  Illini  Lou  

1  030 

1  540 

510 

14     3l/i 

15    2M 

3^ 

8    Fanny     

980 

1  480 

500 

14    324 

16       \i 

4H 

9.  Illini  Averne  .... 
10.  Illini  Alma  

1  010 
935 

1  400 
1  310 

390 
375 

14     2% 
14       % 

16     1 

15     2^ 

6J4 
5% 

Average  

1  025 

1  470 

445 

14     3.18 

15    3.93 

4% 

SUGGESTIONS  FOR  STORING  SHEAF  OATS. — In  storing  sheaf  oats  in 
the  mow  of  the  horse  barn  some  precautions  should  be  taken  to  keep 
out  rats  and  mice,  which  not  only  may  eat  the  grain  but  also  render 
unpalatable  a  considerable  amount  in  addition.  Scattering  hydrated 
lime  over  the  successive  layers  of  sheaves  as  they  were  put  in  the 
mow,  during  several  years  experience  at  the  University,  has  almost 
eliminated  the  damage  from  this  source.  One  year  the  hydrated  lime 
was  weighed  and  it  was  found  that  250  pounds  had  been  scattered  thru 
34  tons  of  sheaf  oats.  In  feeding,  much  of  the  lime  is  shaken  off  and 
the  palatability  of  the  feed  does  not  seem  to  be  injured  in  the  least. 

Hay  or  straw  should  not  be  piled  against  the  sides  of  the  pile  or 
stack  of  stored  sheaf  oats. 


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TABLE  6. — COSTS  OF  FEEDS  PER  HEAD  ASSUMING  VARIOUS  PRICES 


Scale  of  prices  

A 

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Oats  per  bushel  

$     40 

$    40 

$      35 

$      32 

$      60 

Bran  per  ton  

26.00 

26  00 

26  00 

24  00 

40  00 

Soybean  hay  per  ton  

10  00 

14  00 

11  00 

12  00 

18  00 

Sheaf  oats  per  ton  

10  00 

14  00 

10  00 

12  00 

18  00 

Deodorized  bone  meal  per  cwt. 
Pasture  per  acre  

1.50 
10.00 

1.50 
10.00 

1.50 
10.00 

1.50 
10.00 

1.50 
12.00 

First  Winter:  December  15,  1924,  to  May  3,  1925:  140  days 


Crushed  oats  and  bran  

$  4.07 

$  4  07 

$  3  66 

$  3  35 

$  6.13 

Soybean  hay  and  sheaf  oats.  .  . 
Bone  meal  

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30 

16.03 
30 

12.03 
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13.74 
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20.61 
30 

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$15.82 

$20  40 

$15  99 

$17  39 

$27.04 

Cost  per  day  

.11 

.15 

.11 

.12 

.19 

Cost  per  pound  gain  

.08 

.10 

.08 

.08 

.13 

Summer:  May  4,  1925,  to  October  11,  1925:  161  days 


Crushed  oats  and  bran  

$  5.89 

$  5.89 

$  5.31 

$  4.87 

$  8.89 

Sheaf  oats  

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13.48 

9.63 

11.55 

17.33 

Bone  meal  

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.36 

.36 

.36 

.36 

Pasture  

12.00 

12.00 

12.00 

12.00 

14.40 

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$31.73 

$27.30 

$28.78 

$40.98 

Cost  per  day  

.17 

.20 

.17 

.18 

.25 

Cost  per  pound  gain  

.11 

.12 

.11 

.11 

.16 

Second  Winter:  October  12,  1925,  to  May  2,  1926:  203  days 


Crushed  oats  and  bran  

$  8.72 

$  8.72 

$  7.85 

$  7.20 

$13.15 

Soybean  hay  and  sheaf  oats.  .  . 
Bone  meal  ;  . 

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26.57 
.46 

19.92 
.46 

22.78 
.46 

34.16 
.46 

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$35.75 

$28.23 

$30.44 

$47.77 

Cost  per  day  

.14 

.18 

.14 

.15 

.23 

Cost  per  pound  gain  

.14 

.18 

.14 

.15 

.24 

Entire  Period:  504  days 


Crushed  oats  and  bran  

$18.68 

$18.68 

$16.82 

$15.42 

$28.17 

Soybean  hay  and  sheaf  oats.  .  . 
Bone  meal  

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1.12 

56.08 
1.12 

41.58 
1.12 

48.07 
1.12 

72.10 
1.12 

Pasture  

12.00 

12.00 

12.00 

12.00 

14.40 

Total  

$71.86 

$87.88 

$71.52 

$76.61 

$115.79 

Cost  per  day  

.14 

.17 

.14 

.15 

.23 

Cost  per  pound  gain  

.11 

.13 

.11 

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